Hosiery



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Feb. 9 1924.

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' A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

HosIERY.

Application tiled August 23, v1922. Serial No. 583,891.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL YOUNG, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, and resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hosiery,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hose or stockings such as areworn by men, women and children, and is especially adapted for thatstyle known as the half hose or stocking.

The objects of this invention are to provide a hose or stocking of thischaracter which will conveniently and easily adjust itself to theleg andwhich is comfortable to the wearer and does not unnecessarily bind orpinch the leg; but has a light and clinging efl'ect thereto, without theuse of an additional support such as is in use at the present time.

It will be seen I accomplish the foregoing by referring to the drawingsforming a part of this specification in which Fig. 1 1s a verticalsectional View ofthe upper portion of my improved hose or stocking, andis shown as it is manufactured; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view ofthe hose or stocking shown in Fig. 1 with the top folded over, and readyto be applied to the leg of the wearer; Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectionalview taken on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2. v

Referring to the drawings which show a general embodiment of thisinvention and it being understood are more or less diagrammatic of aknitted hose, it will be seen there can be many changes in the generalform of constructlon without departing from the spirit of my invention,and it will be understood that the principal point of this invention isto provide aiose or stocking having a top so formed that it will clingto any part of the leg whether it is located above or below the knee,and does not depend on any subsidiary member to retain it in theposition in which it is placed, and the top 'being so retained that itwill securely support the rest of the stocking, and cause it to snuglyfit the leg of the wearer.

Referring to Figs. l to 3 it will be seen l provide a hose or stocking 2having a double top as shown at 3 and e. The top 3 is dif.

ferent from the top et, inasmuch as it is com posed of more threads inits construction, and the tension of the machine used 1n forming thesame is so arranged to make a tighter or closer construct-ion and thiscauses the material to be thicker and stronger in the top 3 than it isin the top 4. In other words the top- 3 when the stocking is made of acoarse material may have three or four threads passing into the machineand introduced into the top 3, and when the top 4 and the rest of thestocking is beingmade only two threads will be passing into the machine,and also the tension on the threads will be increased for the top 4,thus-causing the diameter of the to 4 to be slightly less than thediameter of t e top 3, so that when the top 3 is folded over the top 4the two tops will be in parallel plains with each other. It will beunderstood that while I have given for example the combination of thedifference between the two tops, as regards to threads, as three to twoor four to two, l do not confine myself to this combina tion as thedifference of material both as regards to quality and gauge and alsokind of material used, will necessitate a great variety of combinationsas regards to the number of threads to be used in each top relative tothe other. The invention lies in the fact that by using more threads inone top, which makes it stronger and less elastic than the other top,and also the rest of the stocking, it will cling tighter to the leg,than the rest of the stocking which is more elastic, and

will also force the inner top against the leg and the combined strengthof the two tops prevent the movement of the muscles of the leg fromcausing the stocking to work down and become loose, this effect iscaused by this new combination which'readily allows the weaker part ofthe stocking to give with the muscles of the leg, but the stronger topalways pulling the weaker parts back into position on the leg.

rlhe operation or action of this stocking is very simple, the stockingis simply pulled on the leg and the top 3 binding and causing the twotops to hug the leg tightly and allowing the weaker parts of thestocking to give or act with the muscles of the leg and thus the topvholds the rest of the stocking in its proper place or position.

1 at l desire tov claim is:

l. An article of manufacture comprising a hose having a body portion anda culia portion of a plurality of fabric plies, one of said plies at aplurality of adjacent points and strength thereby offering increasedresistance to expansion than the other portion of said culi' portion,the inside diameter of one`of said lies being of .greater diameter thanthe inside diameter of the other portion 'of said cuff ortion.

2. An article o manufacture comprising a hose havin a body ortion and acuff ortion of ap urality o overlying fabric p 'es, the outer ply ofsaid cuff portion at a plurality of polnts thruout its length beingofgreater thickness and strength than the other i portion of said cuffportion, thereby offering' increased resistance to expansion than saidother cuff portion, the inside diameter of said outer ply being greaterthan the inside diam-` Luca 3. A. Ymetluid-of inakinga hose havin aeterof the other portion of said cu4 por-- `tion.

body portion and a culi' portion of a p urality of plies, which consistsin constructing the plies of saidcu' portion each of a plurality ofthreads with the threads of one of said lies under greater tension thanthe threa s o'tthe other ply, and then introducing into the plyhavingthe less tension s. plurality of additional threads -thruout the areathereof.

Signed at New York, in the countyof 4New York and State of N ew Yorkthis' 1st day of August, A. D. 1922.

' YOUNG.

